Our Purpose:
Our purpose is to serve as an entity that works closely with businesses, for-profit, non-profit, community organizations, and private donors in efforts to assist low-income women with minor children in domestic violence situations, children and youth who are in the foster care system, and those who are in need and homeless.
Our Mission & Goal:
Our mission and goal is to show we care by helping women and children within the U.S. by providing teens in foster care with care packages, those who are homeless with love bags filled with goodies and personal care items, and low-income women with minor children with funds to help them leave domestic violence situations.
Our Story:
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services AFCARS Report #29, there are just over 391,000 children and youth in the United States in foster care. Sadly, many women and children are also impacted negatively by domestic violence and faced with homelessness, and we aim to provide services to help them.
In 2012, through a collaborative effort, LWA Foster Initiative and Arizona Friends for Foster Children Foundation and other participating organizations were able to distribute 225+ gifts to orphan and foster children located in the city of Phoenix and surrounding cities. In 2013, we along with these very same partnering organizations were able to collect 2215 items and distribute 723 gifts/sets.
In 2014, our focus shifted to helping teens, ages 13-18, because they are the group of children needing the most support; however, we will still accept donated items for children of all ages.
In 2023, we determined that there was a great need to include the startling, rising number of women and children needing help with transitioning out of domestic violence situations and going through the divorce process. Our founder, Juanita R. Williams, a former victim of domestic violence, has worked tirelessly for many years with other women in this particular area and always desired to be a part of the solution to this problem. So, after much consideration, we decided to incorporate this service as part of our focused projects as a way of assuring the victims that there is still hope because We care enough to show them…We care.
Help Us Reach Our Goal:
Join us by making a donation of any amount to partner with us in our efforts to assist women and their children in domestic violence situations, children and teens in foster care, and those who are in need and homeless.
We thank you in advance for supporting our cause and for “Caring Big.”